There are several vegan tennis player. Some notable examples include:
- Venus Williams, who became a vegan in 2011 to help manage her autoimmune disease.
- Novak Djokovic, who has been a vegetarian since 2010 and became vegan in 2018.
- Jerzy Janowicz, who has been a vegan since 2016.
- Fernando Verdasco, who became a vegan in 2018.
These players attribute their athletic success to their plant-based diets and advocate for the health benefits of a vegan lifestyle.
Serena Williams. Former World No.1 Tennis Player.
Serena Williams (b. 1981) plays professional tennis and has been ranked No. 1 in the world eight times so far (2002-2017).
She has wonthe most grand-slam titles ever. For health reasons, both Serena and her sister, Venus, eat a raw vegan diet. Serena has also launched a vegan clothing line “to empower women.”
“My fridge is really just vegan: coconut water, Gatorade (my favorite!), cucumbers, mint, kale, vegetables, ginger, and wheat grass.”
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Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player.
He is currently ranked as world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals. He is a big devotee of Lord Krishna and a vegan too.Djokovic credited yoga and meditation for his success in tennis.
The #1 tennis player in the world (who credits his performance to a vegan diet) may not be allowed to play in the 2022 Australian Open! Novak Djokovic has won the Australian Open a total of nine times, including in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
“It’s a lifestyle. More than just a diet because you have ethical reasons as well. Being conscious of what is happening in the animal world and you know the slaughtering of animals and farming and everything. There is obviously a huge impact as well on climate change that people maybe don’t talk about as much. It’s more than a performance for me. It’s a lifestyle. Something that I’m really proud of and hopefully that community grows.”
Beautiful Elite Tennis Athlete Venus Williams Vegan
Williams has an estimated net worth of $95 million, and is the second highest-earning female tennis player of all time behind her sister Serena.
Venus was diagnosed with autoimmune disease, and wanted to maintain her performance on the court by going raw vegan.
Venus: Once I started, I fell in love with the concept of fueling your body in the best way possible [through raw, vegan food].
It is a dream come true to announce that the legendary vegan tennis player, Venus Williams, has joined the PlantX family as a company ambassador and investor! I still can’t believe that I am working with the tennis star that I have been watching since I have been a child. But Venus is much more than only a tennis star. She brings to the table a truly impressive plant-based and entrepreneurial expertise and set of skills, and I can’t wait to rock the plant-based space with her!
More Energy without Going full vegan
Share with friends. Well, first off, you need to make sure you are eating enough calories overall to maintain your weight and fuel your training. That is step one .
If you haven’t checked out my calculator and free meal guides in my bio, then do that first because this will give you a ballpark of how much you should be eating to fuel your body and training
This is before anything else. After you do this, ONLY then can you implement the strategies I’m about to give you in the following days‼️
The trick here is to increase your overall carbohydrate intake, increase fiber, reduce your saturated fat by increasing plants in your diet and whole foods in general.
I will be giving you several specific tips during the following days to mimic a vegan /vegetarian diet so you get more energy for your training without increasing your body fat.
Nova Djokovic on The Game Changer
“Eating vegan makes me more aware of my body on the court… more alert. I removed toxins from my body, and with them went all the inflammation and other things that were messing with my energy levels.
As an athlete, the most important thing is to keep your energy levels consistent—especially as a tennis player, where you’re alone on the court for a best of five match. When playing for 3, 4, 5 hours straight, you need the right fuel… and for me, the right fuel is plant-based.”
The professional tennis player is also one of the executive producers behind the vegan documentary The Game Changers.
“The Game Changers is a new film executive produced by James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Jackie Chan that documents the explosive rise of plant-based eating in professional sports, mixing real-time, groundbreaking science with cinematic stories of struggle and triumph,” says the film’s description.
Speaking about the upcoming documentary, which hits more than 1,000 theaters across the world on September 16, Djokovic said: “It is about how this diet affects the world, not just personal health, but also sustainability, ecology, animals. This is what I care about so I’m really privileged to be part of that team.
Sundays with Just Tennis
What we eat is what makes us! As a tennis player there are a bunch of rules that need to be followed with regards to one’s intake and the interesting thing is that it’s not written in stone! What are these rules?
The rules state that you listen to your body, don’t try becoming Vegan because Djockovic has turned into one. Each player and their nutritional requirements are different. Celebrity diets are for magazines to make money off.
As Athletes it’s very important what you put into your system because you spend a lot of your time training your body to perform on a Tennis court. When that is the case, you need to eat foods that support the amount of work you do everyday , along with providing enough energy to tone and maintain the muscles that you gain when you train.
Specific Body Plant Based Diet
Each body is built differently and their requirements are also different, so do not generalise. Especially while catering to students at an academy, each student needs to be evaluated according to their physical requirements and be provided with food charts that match those specific requirements.
Work with professionals that have studied nutrition. Yes, as Athletes & coaches we are always conscious of what we eat and have learnt along the way, but it doesn’t hurt to seek the help of a Sports Nutrition Expert.
Lastly, in the current situation that we are in, it’s difficult for us to go out and play tennis,ensure the that you match your intake with your output to maintain that balance. Stay fit, stay, stay Safe!
